From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).
Customer's Bentley rear axle shaft failure due to a faulty radius.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 84\4\ scan0119 | |
| Date | 13th November 1936 | |
| 202 RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry{Shadwell Grylls}8/R.13.11.36. BENTLEY REAR AXLE. You may remember that a customer recently had a failure of a rear axle shaft, and on examination of the shaft we thought it was probably due to a faulty radius where the 1.1 diameter blends into the 1.00 diameter. Perhaps you would look into this and make sure that the proper 3/8 radius is turned at this point. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} | ||